Scalise touts Handel as ‘great candidate’

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) campaign Twitter account on Tuesday touted Republican Karen Handel as “a great candidate” for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District as voters head to the polls for the special election.

“.@KarenHandel is a great candidate, and #TeamScalise is pulling for her! #GA06,” the campaign account posted on Twitter.

.@KarenHandel is a great candidate, and #TeamScalise is pulling for her! #GA06

— Steve Scalise (@GeauxScalise) June 20, 2017

{mosads}Scalise is recovering from a gunshot wound in a Washington, D.C. hospital. He and several others were injured when a shooter opened fire on Republican lawmakers and staffers practicing for the Congressional Baseball Game last week.

The closely watched congressional election in Georgia matches Handel against Democrat Jon Ossoff. Ossoff and Handel are running for the seat vacated by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.